The ARRL Contest Update for March 4, 2026

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view this email in your browser   March 4, 2026 Editor: Brian Moran, N9ADG

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In this Issue: Upcoming Contests – Things to Do Contest Summary News, Press Releases, and Special Interest Word to the Wise Club Focus Sights and Sounds Results and Records Operating Tip Technical Topics and Discussion Conversation Contests Log Due Dates Upcoming Contests – Things to Do The weekend of March 7, have a DXtravagant weekend in the phone leg of the ARRL International DX Contest. DX stations are looking for US and Canadian stations to provide a signal report and US state or Canadian province/territory. The DX will provide a signal report and number, denoting power. Stations sometimes round up or down to a convenient and easy-to-communicate power phrase like “K,” “1000,” “100,” “5,” and the like, being sure to pick one that conforms to their power class.   During the weekend of March 14, operating events include QSO Parties from Idaho, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin, and a North American RTTY Sprint. You may hear a lot of CW activity for the Commonwealth BERU contest, but if you’re a US amateur you’ll just have to sit on your hands — contest participants are limited to this list of Commonwealth Call Areas.   Contest Summary March 5, 2026 - March 18, 2026   See the "Contests" section below for complete contest information.   March 5 VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest CWops Test (CWT) NRAU 10m Activity Contest SKCC Sprint Europe March 6 NCCC FT4 Sprint Weekly RTTY Test QRP Fox Hunt NCCC Sprint K1USN Slow Speed Test March 7 ARRL International DX Contest, SSB Novice Rig Roundup Wake-Up! QRP Sprint Russian YL/OM Contest March 8 UBA Spring Contest, CW FIRAC HF Contest Classic Exchange, CW March 9 K1USN Slow Speed Test ICWC Medium Speed Test OK1WC Memorial (MWC) ICWC Medium Speed Test March 10 Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest ICWC Medium Speed Test DARC CW-Training Contest March 11 QRP Fox Hunt Phone Weekly Test A1Club AWT CWops Test (CWT) VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest Mini-Test 40 Mini-Test 80 CWops Test (CWT) RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW March 12 VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA CWops Test (CWT) March 13 QRP Fox Hunt NCCC FT4 Sprint Weekly RTTY Test NCCC Sprint K1USN Slow Speed Test March 14 YB DX RTTY Contest SARL VHF/UHF FM Contest SARL Field Day Contest Commonwealth (BERU) Contest SKCC Weekend Sprintathon EA PSK63 Contest F9AA Cup, SSB South America 10 Meter Contest DIG QSO Party, SSB AGCW QRP Contest Stew Perry Topband Challenge Oklahoma QSO Party Idaho QSO Party TESLA Memorial HF CW Contest March 15 North American Sprint, RTTY UBA Spring Contest, 6m YOTA Contest Wisconsin QSO Party Run for the Bacon QRP Contest March 16 K1USN Slow Speed Test ICWC Medium Speed Test OK1WC Memorial (MWC) Bucharest Digital Contest ICWC Medium Speed Test RSGB FT4 Contest March 17 Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest ICWC Medium Speed Test March 18 QRP Fox Hunt Phone Weekly Test A1Club AWT CWops Test (CWT) VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest Mini-Test 40 Mini-Test 80 CWops Test (CWT) IRTS 80m Counties Contest   News, Press Releases, and Special Interest There are some good resources for finding out what DX entities will be activated during the upcoming ARRL International DX Contest. Check out NG3K’s Announced DX Operations page, DXNews, and the DX Resources page of the Northern California DX Foundation.   In 1976, Doug DeMaw, W1FB, unleashed the Tuna Tin 2 QRP Transmitter on the world. It was featured in the May 1976 issue of QST, and is said to have inspired thousands of builds. It used two 2N2222 transistors to launch just under 1 W of CW power. For the 50-year anniversary of this kit, QRPme is releasing a “50th Anniversary TT2 Kit” to be available at the end of March 2026. This newer version will have more power and more convenience features, like a built-in keyer and support for receiver muting, that operators have come to expect.   Elecraft is out with a new firmware revision for its K4 series of radios — R38.BETA2. Wayne Burdick, N6KR, notes: “This new K4 beta release (see release notes, below) marks a milestone for our software team: we've now completed integration of the K4 with the K4/0 remote panel. This comes with two side benefits. First, overall K4 Remote functionality and performance have come a long way since the last BETA. Second, full K4/0 support also means full support for software-only K4 remote-control solutions. These provide (for example) the ability to control a K4 from a mobile device.”   Developers get a number of new commands to work with in this release, too. Wayne recommends this update for all K4 users, even if they are not using the particular features of this release.   Uwe, DG2YCB, is out with new versions of his WSJT-X Improved programs. He writes: “A new WSJT-X Improved 3.1.0 260226 (beta) release … is ready for testing.” Changes include a new submode, better support for non-standard and compound call signs, a new MAP65 version, and a large number of improvements and fixes. He also provides updated default frequencies for the 60-meter band, which requires a reload of the built-in frequency table.   April 15, 2000, was the last time that Novice amateur radio licenses were issued in the US. As of this writing, the FCC ULS system is showing 5,936 active Novice licensees. But you don’t have to be one of the 5,936 to participate in the 9-day Novice Rig Roundup, which runs from March 7 through March 15 this year. CW is the mode for this, and the sponsors suggest the old Novice frequencies. Those are conveniently listed in the event rules for those under 26 years old. Crystal operation (you can look it up) is encouraged, so CQers in this event should remember to scan up or down the segment looking for stations calling them. Stations can pick how challenging they want to make this — for example, the event’s Novice-1 class calls for using crystal-controlled frequency and 75 W or less of PA input power. See the rules for more information.   The Japan Amateur Radio Teleprinter Society (JARTS) announces the transition of the popular JARTS WW RTTY contest to the Japan Amateur Radio League (JARL): "We have been hosting the JARTS WW RTTY Contest for many years, and the 34th contest last year was a big success. Now, with this milestone, we have decided to transition the JARTS contest to the new JARL WW RTTY Contest sponsored by our national amateur association, Japan Amateur Radio League. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to RTTY enthusiasts who have participated until now. Your enthusiasm and participation made JARTS WW RTTY a success and left many fond memories. We, the contest committee have also learned and grown greatly through communicating with you. However, we are proud that the new RTTY contest will be hosted by the JARL from this year at the same period as the JARTS contest. Please visit the JARL website (www.jarl.org/English/0-2.htm) for details which will be announced soon … We will look forward to seeing you again on the air in various RTTY contests.” This contest has traditionally occurred on the third full weekend in October, 0000z Saturday through 2359z Sunday.   Word to the Wise Diddles — Some new-to-RTTY operators never had the experience of seeing, hearing, or smelling a mechanical RTTY machine. Those machines were big, loud, and often smelled like oil. Diddles are empty-character codes sent during a RTTY transmission when there are no printable characters to send, so that the receiver stays synchronized with the transmitter. For more information on this, and any RTTY topic, you can refer to AA5AU’s “Getting Started on RTTY” website.   Club Focus Send a note about your contest club’s notable activities to contest...@arrl.org, and maybe you’ll see it mentioned here.   Sights and Sounds Steve Babcock, VE6WZ, is always up to something on Top Band. He must have run out of projects, since during a time of poor propagation, he came up with the Top Band Blues. Yes, it’s AI.   Steve wrote: “Just for ‘full disclosure’ I am most certainly not a musician …. the lyrics are mine, but I did have a ‘little’ help from AI after I provided some guidance about style, tempo, choir Gospel style, etc … I had never done this before, and it took less than an hour … I did it for fun, and it … might resonate … with others.” With results like that, it’s hard to argue that Steve should instead be spending his time bringing back his antennas for the higher bands.   The Pacific Northwest VHF Society has activity events some weeknights. Mike Lewis, K7MDL, commented on a recent one: "Good turnout on 432. Worked 7 stations in 16 minutes tonight, almost as much as a whole contest weekend!” and “Airplane doppler on 432 FT-8 tonight.”   Results and Records Raw scores for the CQ WPX RTTY Contest have been posted. Note that these are as-submitted, and don’t account for any log scoring reductions. According to Ed, W0YK, a large number of logs were not submitted by the submission deadline, perhaps because of “folks not being aware of the rules changes such as the 2-day log submittal deadline.”   The final results of the CQ WW RTTY Contest have been posted. Jeff Stai's, WK6I, results article (https://cqwwrtty.com/results/2025_cqwwrtty_results.pdf) contains not only the results, but real-world RTTY contesting advice as provided by the contest participants.   Operating Tip Log Submission   Remember to submit your log after the contest, before the log deadline. Here are some steps to log submission success: Before the contest, read the rules Contest within the rules, and your chosen category and class Immediately after the contest, or when you’ve finished the contest, submit your log   Technical Topics and Discussion The SA612 mixer integrated circuit is a well-known staple of homebrew and QRP designs. It’s getting more difficult to find sources for this chip (and other parts we use), yet they exist. Jason Milldrum, NT7S, talks about alternatives in his talk Beyond the ‘612 from FDIM 2025.   Conversation “I like that contest because…”   Perhaps instead of writing something, I could have had an AI compose and record a song to the tune of “My Favorite Things” which starts out with “Exchanges in Sweepstakes, teamwork in Roundup, but don’t work FT8 when you’ve got the sound up.” For nearly every contest I’ve participated in, there were intervals when I had no awareness for anything outside the contest, just concentrating on the contest or operating — being in the moment. In some 160-meter contests, it was when the band was playing dead, but the band noise dropped and I could hear propagation getting better and better as more and more stations faded in, got worked, and faded out again. Or running during Phone Sweepstakes when there were enough stations to hear and head-stack multiple call signs calling two or three or four in a row for a few hours at a time. Or when we’ve gathered our small contesting group together just after the holidays for the RTTY Roundup, and the focus was sharing stories with the other team members while doing the contest.   I cannot recall any contest that I’d classify as a never-again experience. I’d encourage you to at least try one new-for-you contest this year to make more memorable radio moments.   That's all for this time. Remember to send contesting-related stories, book reviews, tips, techniques, press releases, errata, schematics, club information, pictures, stories, blog links, and predictions to contest...@arrl.org.   73, Brian, N9ADG   Contests March 5, 2026 - March 18, 2026   An expanded, downloadable version of QST's Contest Corral is available as a PDF. Check the sponsors' website for information on operating time restrictions and other instructions.   HF CONTESTS   VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA , Mar 5, 0000z to Mar 5, 0500z; FT8/4; Bands: 144; 4-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 10.   Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest , Mar 5, 0000z to Mar 6, 0300z; CW; Bands: 40; Maximum 13 wpm, RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (Member No./power); Logs due: Mar 12.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 5, 0300z to Mar 5, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 7.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 5, 0700z to Mar 5, 0800z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 7.   NRAU 10m Activity Contest , Mar 5, 1800z to Mar 5, 2200z; CW, SSB, FM, Digital; Bands: 10; RS(T) + 6-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 19.   SKCC Sprint Europe , Mar 5, 2000z to Mar 5, 2200z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./"NONE"); Logs due: Mar 12.   NCCC FT4 Sprint , Mar 6, 0100z to Mar 6, 0130z; FT4; Bands: (see rules); 4-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 8.   Weekly RTTY Test , Mar 6, 0145z to Mar 6, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 8.   QRP Fox Hunt , Mar 6, 0200z to Mar 6, 0330z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: Mar 7.   NCCC Sprint , Mar 6, 0230z to Mar 6, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: Mar 8.   K1USN Slow Speed Test , Mar 6, 2000z to Mar 6, 2100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 8.   ARRL Inter. DX Contest, SSB , Mar 7, 0000z to Mar 8, 2359z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; W/VE: RS + (state/province), non-W/VE: RS + power; Logs due: Mar 15.   Novice Rig Roundup , Mar 7, 0000z to Mar 15, 2359z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 15, 10, 2; Name + QTH + Optional (Rig, NRR number); Logs due: Apr 15.   Wake-Up! QRP Sprint , Mar 7, 0600z to Mar 7, 0800z; CW; Bands: 40, 20; RST + Serial No. + suffix of previous QSO ("QRP" for 1st QSO); Logs due: Mar 14.   Russian YL/OM Contest , Mar 7, 0700z to Mar 7, 1059z; CW, SSB; Bands: 40, 20, 15, 10; YL: RS(T) + "88", OM: RS(T) + "73"; Logs due: Mar 21.   UBA Spring Contest, CW , Mar 8, 0700z to Mar 8, 1100z; CW; Bands: 80; ON: RST + Serial No. + UBA Section, non-ON: RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 22.   FIRAC HF Contest , Mar 8, 0700z to Mar 8, 1700z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: RS(T) + Serial No. + "F", Non-member: RS(T); Logs due: Mar 22.   Classic Exchange, CW , Mar 8, 1300z to Mar 11, 0700z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6, 2; Name + RST + (state/province/country) + rcvr/xmtr manuf/model; Logs due: Mar 31.   K1USN Slow Speed Test , Mar 9, 0000z to Mar 9, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 11.   ICWC Medium Speed Test , Mar 9, 1300z to Mar 9, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due: Mar 12.   OK1WC Memorial (MWC) , Mar 9, 1630z to Mar 9, 1729z; CW; Bands: 80, 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 13.   ICWC Medium Speed Test , Mar 9, 1900z to Mar 9, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due: Mar 12.   Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest , Mar 10, 0100z to Mar 10, 0159z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; RS + age group (OM, YL, Youth YL or Youth); Logs due: Mar 11.   ICWC Medium Speed Test , Mar 10, 0300z to Mar 10, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due: Mar 12.   DARC CW-Training Contest , Mar 10, 1800z to Mar 10, 1859z; CW; Bands: 80; DE: RST + DOK/NM, non-DE: RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 17.   QRP Fox Hunt , Mar 11, 0100z to Mar 11, 0230z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: Mar 12.   Phone Weekly Test , Mar 11, 0230z to Mar 11, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15; NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: Mar 13.   A1Club AWT , Mar 11, 1145z to Mar 11, 1300z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: RST + Name; Logs due: Mar 16.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 11, 1300z to Mar 11, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 14.   Mini-Test 40 , Mar 11, 1700z to Mar 11, 1759z; CW; Bands: 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 13.   Mini-Test 80 , Mar 11, 1800z to Mar 11, 1859z; CW; Bands: 80; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 13.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 11, 1900z to Mar 11, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 14.   RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW , Mar 11, 2000z to Mar 11, 2130z; CW; Bands: 80; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 12.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 12, 0300z to Mar 12, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 14.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 12, 0700z to Mar 12, 0800z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 14.   QRP Fox Hunt , Mar 13, 0100z to Mar 13, 0230z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: Mar 14.   NCCC FT4 Sprint , Mar 13, 0100z to Mar 13, 0130z; FT4; Bands: (see rules); 4-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 15.   Weekly RTTY Test , Mar 13, 0145z to Mar 13, 0215z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 15.   NCCC Sprint , Mar 13, 0230z to Mar 13, 0300z; CW; Bands: (see rules); Serial No. + Name + QTH; Logs due: Mar 15.   K1USN Slow Speed Test , Mar 13, 2000z to Mar 13, 2100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 15.   YB DX RTTY Contest , Mar 14, 0000z to Mar 14, 2359z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 21.   SARL Field Day Contest , Mar 14, 0800z to Mar 15, 1000z; CW, SSB, Digital; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RS(T) + Number of transmitters + Category (see rules) + Province (or "DX"); Logs due: Mar 20.   Commonwealth (BERU) Contest , Mar 14, 1000z to Mar 15, 1000z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 20.   SKCC Weekend Sprintathon , Mar 14, 1200z to Mar 15, 2359z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; RST + (state/province/country) + Name + (SKCC No./"NONE"); Logs due: Mar 22.   EA PSK63 Contest , Mar 14, 1200z to Mar 15, 1200z; PSK63; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; EA: RSQ + province code, non-EA: RSQ + Serial no.; Logs due: Mar 30.   F9AA Cup, SSB , Mar 14, 1200z to Mar 15, 1200z; SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 2; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Apr 14.   South America 10 Meter Contest , Mar 14, 1200z to Mar 15, 1200z; CW, SSB; Bands: 10; RS(T) + CQ zone; Logs due: Mar 22.   AGCW QRP Contest , Mar 14, 1400z to Mar 14, 2000z; CW; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + QSO No. + class(pwr) + (AGCW Member No./"NM" if not member); Logs due: Mar 28.   Stew Perry Topband Challenge , Mar 14, 1500z to Mar 15, 1500z; CW; Bands: 160; 4-Character grid square; Logs due: Mar 30.   Oklahoma QSO Party , Mar 14, 1500z to Mar 15, 2200z; CW, Phone, Digital (no FT8/4); Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; OK: RS(T) + County, non-OK: RS(T) + (state/province/country); Logs due: Apr 7.   Idaho QSO Party , Mar 14, 1600z to Mar 16, 0200z; CW, Phone, Digital (no FT8); Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; ID: County, non-ID: (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 26.   TESLA Memorial HF CW Contest , Mar 14, 1800z to Mar 15, 0559z; CW; Bands: 80, 40; RST + Serial No. + 4-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 19.   North American Sprint, RTTY , Mar 15, 0000z to Mar 15, 0359z; RTTY; Bands: 80, 40, 20; [other station's call] + [your call] + [serial no.] + [your name] + [your state/DC/province/country]; Logs due: Mar 22.   YOTA Contest , Mar 15, 1000z to Mar 15, 2159z; CW, SSB; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Single Op: RS(T) + age (on Jan 1 of year of contest), Multi-Op: RS(T) + average age of ops (on Jan 1 of year of contest); Logs due: Mar 20.   Wisconsin QSO Party , Mar 15, 1800z to Mar 16, 0100z; CW, Phone, Digital (no FT4/8); Bands: All, except WARC; WI: county, non-WI: (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 29.   Run for the Bacon QRP Contest , Mar 15, 2300z to Mar 16, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; RST + (state/province/country) + (Member No./power); Logs due: Mar 21.   K1USN Slow Speed Test , Mar 16, 0000z to Mar 16, 0100z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Maximum 20 wpm, Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 18.   ICWC Medium Speed Test , Mar 16, 1300z to Mar 16, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due: Mar 19.   OK1WC Memorial (MWC) , Mar 16, 1630z to Mar 16, 1729z; CW; Bands: 80, 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 20.   Bucharest Digital Contest , Mar 16, 1800z to Mar 16, 2059z; FT4; Bands: 80, 40; RST + QSO No.; Logs due: Mar 23.   ICWC Medium Speed Test , Mar 16, 1900z to Mar 16, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due: Mar 19.   RSGB FT4 Contest , Mar 16, 2000z to Mar 16, 2200z; FT4; Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Signal report; Logs due: Mar 17.   Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest , Mar 17, 0100z to Mar 17, 0159z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10, 6; RS + age group (OM, YL, Youth YL or Youth); Logs due: Mar 18.   ICWC Medium Speed Test , Mar 17, 0300z to Mar 17, 0400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Name + QSO No.; Logs due: Mar 19.   QRP Fox Hunt , Mar 18, 0100z to Mar 18, 0230z; CW; Bands: 20; RST + (state/province/country) + name + power output; Logs due: Mar 19.   Phone Weekly Test , Mar 18, 0230z to Mar 18, 0300z; SSB; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15; NA: Name + (state/province/country), non-NA: Name; Logs due: Mar 20.   A1Club AWT , Mar 18, 1145z to Mar 18, 1300z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: RST + Name; Logs due: Mar 23.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 18, 1300z to Mar 18, 1400z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 21.   Mini-Test 40 , Mar 18, 1700z to Mar 18, 1759z; CW; Bands: 40; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 20.   Mini-Test 80 , Mar 18, 1800z to Mar 18, 1859z; CW; Bands: 80; RST + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 20.   CWops Test (CWT) , Mar 18, 1900z to Mar 18, 2000z; CW; Bands: 160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10; Member: Name + Member No./"CWA", non-Member: Name + (state/province/country); Logs due: Mar 21.   IRTS 80m Counties Contest , Mar 18, 2000z to Mar 18, 2100z; CW, SSB; Bands: 80; EI/GI: RS(T) + Serial no. + county, non-EI/GI: RS(T) + Serial No.; Logs due: Apr 1.   VHF+ CONTESTS   VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest , Mar 11, 1700z to Mar 11, 2100z; FT8/4; Bands: 432 MHz; 4-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 16.   VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA , Mar 12, 0000z to Mar 12, 0500z; FT8/4; Bands: 432; 4-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 17.   SARL VHF/UHF FM Contest , Mar 14, 0800z to Mar 15, 1000z; SSB; Bands: 50 MHz, 144 MHz, 432 MHz; RS(T) + 6-character grid locator; Logs due: Mar 20.   UBA Spring Contest, 6m , Mar 15, 0700z to Mar 15, 1100z; CW, Phone; Bands: 6; ON: RS(T) + Serial No. + UBA Section, non-ON: RS(T) + Serial No.; Logs due: Mar 29.   VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest , Mar 18, 1700z to Mar 18, 2100z; FT8/4; Bands: 1.2G; 4-character grid square; Logs due: Mar 23.   Log Due Dates March 5, 2026 – March 18, 2026   March 5 ARS Spartan Sprint QRP Fox Hunt ICWC Medium Speed Test March 6 Mini-Test 40 Mini-Test 80 Phone Weekly Test OK1WC Memorial (MWC) SARL Hamnet 40m Simulated Emerg Contest CQ 160-Meter Contest, SSB March 7 QRP Fox Hunt CWops Test (CWT) March 8 NCCC Sprint F9AA Cup, CW NCCC FT4 Sprint Weekly RTTY Test North American QSO Party, RTTY NA Collegiate Championship, RTTY High Speed Club CW Contest UBA DX Contest, CW K1USN Slow Speed Test March 9 A1Club AWT VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest March 10 VHF-UHF FT8 Activity Contest-NA FYBO Winter QRP Sprint March 11 WAB 3.5 MHz Phone Worldwide Sideband Activity Contest K1USN Slow Speed Test March 12 SKCC Sprint Europe Walk for the Bacon QRP Contest QRP Fox Hunt ICWC Medium Speed Test RSGB 80m Club Championship, CW March 13 Mini-Test 40 Mini-Test 80 Phone Weekly Test OK1WC Memorial (MWC) March 14 Wake-Up! 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